Label imprinting device



Dec. 17, 1935. J, SILYE'RMANI 2,024,395

LABEL IMPRINTING DEVICE Filed May 22, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 1/ INVENTOR.

Jacob Silverman BY @AQ ZWM ATTORNEY.

B66 17, 1935. J. S|LIVERMAN 2,024,395

LABEL IMPRINTING DEVICE Filed May 22, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mm mmINVENTOR. Jacob SZ'lI/erman BY y ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 17, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LABEL IMPBINTINGDEVICE Jacob Silverman, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application May 22, 1934, Serial No. 726,925 4 Claims. (01. 101-287) Thepresent invention relates to devices for printing such information asthe lot number and size, etc. on previously made labels and hangers tobe attached to garments, such as shirts, coats or the like.

Labels or hangers for this purpose are usually made of fabric and aresupplied either in rolls from which they may be cut as needed or aregotten up as individual units, with doubled over edges and ends toprovide neat oblong labels or hangers which may be sewn onto garments.

This invention has for its object, the provision of a device inwhichlabels in either of the above conditions may be stamped or printed withindicia such as the lot number and size of the garment to whch it is tobe attached. 7

Another object of the invention lies in the provision of a simple,inexpensive device for the above purpose in which the labels may beeconomically and speedily stamped.

A further object of the invention is the. provision of a label feedingunit which may be de tachably engaged with a stamping or printingmachine, which may be adjusted to receive and hold a stack of labels orhangers of various widths and lengths and which is provided with simplemeans to feed the labels singly and successively from the bottom of thestack.

These advantageous features are accomplished by the novel and practicalconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter disclosedand illustrated in the accompanying drawings, constituting an essentialpart of the disclosure, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a preferred form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail of the means for operating the stampingunit and for feeding the labels after stamping.

Fig. 4 is an underside perspective of an individual label showing theejectors therefor.

Fig. 5 is a front view of the stamping device.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section through the center thereof.

Fig. 7 is a similar view in the stamping or printing position.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the stamping device.

Fg. 9 is a side view of the label hopper.

Fig. 10 is a perspective detail of the label stack follower.

The device is supported on a base I 5 on which may be suitably attachedan electric motor 5 provided with a speed reduction unit [1, from thedriven shaft [8 of which and through a medium such as the belt l9, maybe driven the shaft 20 which; is supported on upright brackets 21.

An eccentric cam member 22 on the shaft is adapted to engage against anangularly disposed 6 end 23 of the walking beam 24 and to soften theaction at that point, resilient means such as the spring 25 may beprovided on the end 23 for contact with the eccentric. member.

The walking beam is fulcrumed at 26 to a 10 1 rack linkv 2.1 which inturn is mounted to pivot at 28 on the standard 29. The other end of thebeam is forked as at 30 and pivotally connected to the vertical plunger31 of the stamping device.

The plunger 3| is guided to move vertically in 15 the inverted U-shapedframe 32 and to its lower end is fixed a plate 33 having extending pins34 movable in the guide slots 35 in the frame 32. To the underside ofthis plate may be attached a type carrying member 36 by means such as 0the studs and nuts 31, the type carried thereby being shown at 38.

Means may be provided to ink the type and one manner in which it may beaccomplished is to provide an inking pad 39 supported in the 25 swingingmember 40 pivoted to; the frame 32 at 4| and connected by links 42 tothe pins 34 of the plate 33. In this manner the type 38 is inked whenthe parts are in the position shown in Fig. 6 and when the stamping isdone (Fig. 7) 30 43 comprising one member 44 fixedly supported as at 45and two cooperating members 45 adjustably supported at 4-1 for varyingwidths and lengths of labels. The lower end of the hopper member 44 isprovided with flared portions 48 for reasons later apparent. The labelsare normally stacked in the hopper and the lowermost one, at the propertime is ejected therefrom by means of the ejector fingers 49 carried bythe slide 50 which is guided at 5|. This slide is connected as at 52 tothe 5. adjustable end 53 of a member 54 guided to slide at 55 andprovided with a return spring 56. The end opposite to the connection 52is preferably bent upwardly as at 51 to provide a co- -acting portionfor the roller 58 at the end of 50 be formed with a tongue 6| guidedbetween the members 46 of the hopper. 55

A spring or springs 62 below the stack has its end coacting with theends of the flares 48 to retain a label in its ejected position so itmay be properly stamped.

The hopper and slide assembly is preferably carried by a plate 63 whichmay be removed from assembly with the stamping device merely by pullingthe pins 64 from their seats 65 in the frame 32. This may readily beaccomplished by flexing the arms 66 fixed to the plate 63.

The above removal is desirable when the labels to be stamped or printedare on a roll. In that event, the roll to be printed is supported on anarbor such as 61 and the connected labels passed over a platen 68,beneath the stamping device, over another platen 69 and taken up onanother arbor (not shown) similar to the arbor 61. The strip of labelsmay be guided manually to proper position under the stamping device bythe edge guides 10 and a pointer H may be employed to assure properregistry of the labels thereunder.

To facilitate the ejection of the unit labels from the hopper, eachlabel is folded along its longer edges as shown at 12 and then foldedalong both shorter edges 13. One of the longer folds thereby provides apocket into which the ends of the ejectors 49 may engage to push thelabel from beneath the stack to the printer where it will be engagedbetween the flares 48 and spring 62. It will be held there while theejectors return for the next label which will push the first one aheadas it in turn is ejected from the stack. I

In operation a stack of labels is placed in the hopper with their facesupward and the weighted follower is placed thereon to press the labelsonto the ejectors 49. The motor is started to rotate the shaft 26.Starting with the position of the cam 22 and roller 58in Fig. 3,rotation of the shaft 20 will first permit printing of a label andsimultaneously permit the return of the ejectors 49 and then as theeccentric cam 22 again acts to raise the printer the ejectors act tomove a label from the hopper to a position beneath the printer. Thiscycle of operation is continued with each printed label pushing the onepreviously printed ahead and out of the way.

Although I have described my improvements with considerable detail andwith respect to certain particular forms of my invention, I do notdesire to be limited to such details since many changes andmodifications in the form, arrangements, proportions, and sizes thereof,may well be made without departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention in its broadest aspect.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A label printing device comprising printing mechanism, a label stackhopper, means to move a label from the hopper to a printing position,means to hold the label in said position, said latter means comprising aportion of the hopper and cooperating spring means, and means to operatesaid printing mechanism to print said label, said last means including awalking beam, one end of which is associated with the printer, the otherend of said walking beam being angularly disposed for coaction with arotating cam,- and cushioning means between the cam and said angularlydisposed end.

2. In a label printing device having printing mechanism and a labelstack hopper, means to move a label from the hopper to a printingposition comprising a motivated arm and slide means operated by said armto engage and move the label, and means to operate said printingmechanism, comprising a walking beam, a fork at one end of the beam foroperative engagement with the printer, a bent portion at the other endof the beam, a rotating cam for coaction with the bent portion of thebeam, and cushioning means between the cam and said bent portion.

3. In a label printing device having printing mechanism and a labelstack hopper, means to move a label from the hopper to a printingposition, and means to hold the label in said position until displaced,said latter means comprising a flared portion on the hopper havingcontact with the upperface of the label and coopcrating spring meanshaving contact with the under-face of the label.

4. In a label printing device having printing mechanism and a labelstack hopper and employing labels each having at least one folded edge,means to move a label from the hopper to a printing position includingslide means, and label ejector means carried thereby and engageable inthe mentioned fold, and means to hold the ejected labelin said positionuntil displaced, said latter means comprising a flared portion on thehopper having contact with the under-face of the label, and means tooperate said printing mechanism, comprising a walking beam, a fork atone end of the beam for operative engagement with the printer, a bentportion at the other end of the beam, a rotating cam for coaction withthe bent portion of the beam, and cushioning means between the cam andsaid bent portion.

JACOB SILVERMAN.

